UNIT 5A RESEARCH IN NURSING.pptx

RESEARCH IN NURSING BY MADAM SALIDA LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of this session , the students should be able to : 1. Define nursing research. 2. State the history of nursing research. 3. State the purpose of nursing research. 4. Explain the areas of nursing research. LEARNING OUTCOMES 5. Exp...

RESEARCH IN NURSING BY MADAM SALIDA LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of this session , the students should be able to : 1. Define nursing research. 2. State the history of nursing research. 3. State the purpose of nursing research. 4. Explain the areas of nursing research. LEARNING OUTCOMES 5. Explain the classification of nursing research. 6. Explain the differences between nursing research and nursing process. 7. Explain the process in nursing research.  NURSING RESEARCH Nursing research Nursing research improves the health and welfare of people Nursing research is a way to identify new knowledge ,improve professional; education and practice and use nursing and health care resources effectively Research means : to search again or to examine carefully It is a systematic process provides a scientific basis for generate knowledge Con’t The knowledge provides a scientific basis for nursing practice and validates the effectiveness of nursing interventions The scientific knowledge base of nursing continues to grow today Thus furnishing evidence that nurses can use to provide safe and effective patient care Many professional and specially nursing organizations support the conduct of research for advancing nursing science Scientific method Scientific method is the foundation of research and the most reliable and objective of all methods of gaining knowledge This method is an advanced ,objective means of acquiring and testing knowledge Aspect of the method guide you in applying evidence gained from research in practice and conducting future research Nursing and Scientific Approach Quantitative research Quantitative nursing research is the study of nursing phenomena that offers precise measurement and quantification Quantitative research is the precise ,systematic ,objective examination of specific concepts It focuses on numerical data ,statistical analysis and control to eliminate bias in finding (Polit and Beck ,2011) Con’t Qualitative research Is the study of phenomena that are difficuly to quantify or categories such as patients’ perception of illness or quality of life This research method describes information obtained in nonnumeric form ( eg: data in the form of transcribed written transcript from a series of interviews ) Con’t Qualitative researchers aims to understand patients’ experiences health problems and the context in which the experiences patients had Patients have opportunity to tell their stories and share the experiences in this studies The findings are in depth and very descriptive  Outcomes research  Outcomes research helps patients , healthcare providers and those in health care policy make informed decisions on the basis of current evidence ( PCORI , 2015)  Outcomes research typically focuses on the benefits ,risks ,costs and holistic effects of the treatment of patient.  The outcome research is patient satisfaction ,observed through patients’ responses to a patient satisfaction instrument ,including characteristics such as nursing care, physician care, support services and environment CONCLUSI ON